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Building & Construction

At DuPont, we're focused on dynamic science that generates real-world solutions. That's why DuPont is at the forefront of building science, with brands you depend on, like Tyvek®, SentryGlas®, Corian® solid surfaces, Zodiaq® quartz surfaces and Kevlar®.

Electronics

With a deep understanding of materials science, a commitment to technology leadership, a wide range of process expertise and a long history of innovation, DuPont offers the industry’s broadest array of high performance electronic materials.

Energy

With the world’s population projected to surpass 9 billion by 2050, now is the time to prepare for a secure energy future. We invite you to collaborate with our global teams to find science-driven, sustainable energy solutions.

Food & Beverage

At DuPont, we're putting science to work in the food and beverage industry — improving the nutritional value of food, ensuring food safety, and finding smart, sustainable solutions to feed a growing population.

Health Care & Medical

DuPont offers a broad range of healthcare products and high-performance materials that help create safer healthcare environments, contribute to innovations in medical devices and help protect the health of patients and healthcare providers worldwide.

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Mining

Dupont Mining products and services help improve extraction, personal protection, safety and more. Processing and transporting of highly abrasive and corrosive, bitumen, slurry and tailings require the innovation and technology that DuPont can provide.

Safety & Protection

In the face of growing global industrialization, DuPont takes safety and protection seriously. Learn how DuPont continues to improve upon its materials and workplace safety performance to help keep all of us safe in the toughest conditions.

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Products & Solutions

Tyvek® breather membrane products for buildings offer proven, long-lasting protection against water and air infiltration and the effects of condensation. They also improve energy efficiency significantly.

AirGuard® air and vapour control layers help keep interiors cooler in summer, make roof and wall insulation more effective in winter, and significantly reduce convective heat loss. The bottom line: less condensation – and more comfort.

Thermal Performance Solutions Boost Home Energy Efficiency

Home energy efficiency can be improved by using a building envelope that combines breather membrane technology with high-performance air and vapour control layers (AVCLs). Depending on your needs, DuPont offers a choice of two all-in thermal performance solutions that help to increase interior comfort while reducing your building’s carbon footprint.

This advanced combination of low-emissivity membranes and AVCL technologies helps you create environments that are dry, warm and draught-free – and stay that way!

Roof Solution

Internal walls and roofing are protected with AirGuard® Reflective. This 100% airtight vapour control layer (AVCL) has an emissivity rating of 0.05 and is installed with the metallised surface facing the building interior. With a high sd-value, it stops vapour transmission and prevents uncontrolled air filtration through the building fabric.

In ventilated roof systems, insulation performance can be adversely affected by cold external air infiltration, otherwise known as ‘windwashing.’ This effect can be eliminated in non-ventilated systems by using Tyvek® Supro - a high quality vapour permeable underlay with good resistance to the penetration of air.

DuPont™ Tyvek® and AirGuard® membranes are fully BBA-certified and UKTFA-approved.

Wall Solution

Internal walls are protected with AirGuard® Reflective. This airtight vapour control layer (AVCL) helps to control moisture levels, and ensures that homes retain 95% of their heat.

Tyvek® Reflex is vapour-open, but wind-tight and water-resistant. Positioned on the cold side of traditional insulation, the metallised low- emissivity surface boosts thermal performance, giving you more comfort with less environmental impact. Tyvek® Reflex has one of the lowest emissivity ratings on the market at just 0.09. This means it reflects 91% of radiant heat. Tyvek® Reflex can be used in both timber- and metal-frame external walls, and is suitable for insulation upgrades, too.

Even by itself, Tyvek® Reflex permits U-value reductions of up to 11%. When combined with AirGuard® Reflective, it permits reductions of up to 28%.

Alleviating Stud Size Issues

Stricter thermal regulations mean more insulation, so bigger stud sizes are often required to cope with the extra thickness. Since Tyvek® Reflex provides extra thermal resistance with next to no bulk, it helps alleviate this issue, too.

Accessories

Designed specially for use with Tyvek® membranes, Tyvek® Metallised Tape and Tyvek® Butyl Tape can be used to seal the laps of the various products, and to fix them to timber, masonry or any other building surface.